Example sentences of "[vb base] herself in [art] " in BNC.

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1 In the meantime Margery has exposed her ability to think and indeed picture herself in the vulgar , crude terms of the fabliau world : ( " That shall never be that I shall do such falsity in bed or on the floor . " )
2 Benny swallowed the barley sugar rather than be accused of eating sweets in the public view , and let herself in the back .
3 Some geldings will ‘ tease ’ mares , and so can be a danger if on the other side of a wire fence , as a mare may strike out or kick at the gelding and injure herself in the fence .
4 She wanted only to rid herself of the blocks Ewan had inflicted on her and lose herself in a new future .
5 And then he would remember how it was , there on the island in the lantern light ; how he had watched her lose herself in the tune she had been playing ; how her voice had seemed the voice of his spirit singing , freed like a bird into the darkness of the night .
6 If only she could turn her back on the golden Dane whose gaze still ensnared her , lose herself in the masses and find her own way back to the hotel , but she was held where she stood by invisible chains .
7 The thing to do , Caroline told herself , was lose herself in the beauty and lore of Rome , and she might have done that — if the guide had only let her .
8 To open a white painted door , its handle and finger plate of white porcelain rimmed in gold and painted with fat roses , and find herself in a low warm room where every surface was cushioned and padded , designed for comfort , was a revelation indeed .
9 On an evening when he had broken the silence with one of his quietist cracks she would feel a sense of remorse and insufficiency descending on her , and hours later find herself in the larder , eating the remains of whatever was under the meat sieve and weeping that she should do something so self-defeating and stupid .
10 They could all go hang ; she 'd switch them off and go and submerge herself in the bath for half an hour .
11 As he crept in through the scullery window she would leap from her bedroom and conceal herself in the nettles , unconscious of the pain .
12 I did as she suggested , keeping my dressing-gown on , and watched her settle herself in the arm-chair and get her knitting out .
13 Charlotte was glad of the excuse to leave him and busy herself in the kitchen .
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